9/20/2011

To make this, the two following background images were prepared. They are resized by 256x256. And I gave the two colors which show those relations to them.

a) The image seen from the side

b) The image seen from the top

To edit the root of the tooth of the fork by ROKURO mode, the following background image was prepared. As shown in the following figure, this image expands the area surrounded by the red line of b).

Let's make the fork from the following steps using these three images. 1) Choose Cylinder by New on the File menu. 2) Edit the side of the fork by TOKOROTEN mode. 3) Arrange the control points of the root of the tooth of the fork by ROKURO mode. 4) Edit the form seen from the top by TSUCHI mode. 5) Copy the upper half to the bottom half. by Mirror. 6) Maximize it, and save and upload to the in-world.

You can check this tutorial by following video.

TUTORIAL T616 Make a Fork

Let's make a fork.

Boot TATARA and choose New on the File menu.

Choose 32x32 of Cylinder in the New dialog, and click the OK button.

Click the TOKOROTEN tab and change into TOKOROTEN mode.

Choose Load Background on the View menu and choose the following image.

In order to edit easily, set Edit Level of the Edit pane as Middle. When you move the square control point, the round control point will be rearranged automatically.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the four control points. Please arrange the control points of endpoints vertically, respectively.

As shown in the following figure, choose the control point of red area.

Right-click the edit pane and choose Equal Intervals on the popup menu. The shortcut of the key board is Ctrl+D.

As shown in the following figure, choose the control point of red area.

Right-click the edit pane and choose Equal Intervals on the popup menu. The shortcut of the key board is Ctrl+D.

As shown in the following figure, choose the two control points of red area.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the selected control points.

As shown in the following figure, choose the two control points of red area.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the selected control points.

As shown in the following figure, choose the two control points of red area.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the selected control points.

As shown in the following figure, choose the two control points of red area.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the selected control points.

As shown in the following figure, choose the two control points of red area.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the selected control points.

As shown in the following figure, choose the two control points of red area.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the selected control points.

To arrange the control points at the root of the fork, let's edit by ROKURO mode.

Click the ROKURO tab and change into ROKURO mode.

Choose Load Bcakground on the View menu and choose the following background image.

As shown in the following figure, choose the three control points.

Right-click the edit pane and choose Magnet on the popup menu. The shortcut of the keyboard is Ctrl+B.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the three selected control points.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the blue square control point to the center of the top green belt.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the black square control point to the lower end of the top green belt.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the control point shown in red area from the top to the endpoints of the 2nd belt, respectively.

As shown in the following figure, choose the seven control points of red area.

Right-click the edit pane and choose Equal Intervals on the popup menu. The shortcut of the keyboard is Ctrl+D.

The edit pane is displayed as shown in the following figure.

Let's make the form where the fork was seen from the top by TSUCHI mode.

Click the TSUCHI tab and change into TSUCHI mode.

Click the YZ button at the lower left of the edit pane.

As shown in the following figure, choose the control points of red area.

As shown in the following figures, drag the control point of the upper edge of the selected area.

As shown in the following figure, choose the control points of red area.

As shown in the following figures, drag the control point of the upper edge of the selected area.

As shown in the following figure, choose the control points of red area.

As shown in the following figures, drag the control point of the upper edge of the selected area.

As shown in the following figure, choose the control points of red area.

As shown in the following figures, drag the control point of the upper edge of the selected area.

As shown in the following figure, choose the control points of red area.

As shown in the following figures, drag the control point of the upper edge of the selected area.

As shown in the following figure, choose the control points of red area.

As shown in the following figures, drag the control point of the upper edge of the selected area.

As shown in the following figure, choose the control points of red area.

As shown in the following figures, drag the control point of the upper edge of the selected area.

As shown in the following figure, choose the three control points of red area.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the selected control points.

As shown in the following figure, choose the three control points of red area.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the selected control points.

As shown in the following figure, choose the control points of red area.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the selected control points.

As shown in the following figure, choose the three control points of red area.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the selected control points.

If you choose the control points on the right of the teeth of the fork for every sequence and arrange it at equal intervals, the fork will be finished more finely. If it rearranges perpendicularly so that you may choose the round gray control point for every sequence and may fit the background image, the fork will be finished more finely.

The preview is displayed as shown in the following figure. You see that the yellow part is not bent as you expected.

Let's change the direction to edit and adjust the tip of the tooth of the fork.

Click the XY button at the lower left of the edit pane.

As shown in the following figure, choose the three control points of red area.

As shown in the following figure, rearrange the selected control points horizontally.

The preview pane is displayed as shown in the following figure. Yellow area has not closed.

Let's be targeted only at the marginal edit line. Choose Edit Line on the View menu.

Click the Select None button of the Edit Line dialog, click 00 of Rows, and click the OK button.

As shown in the following figure, choose the three control points of red area.

Right-click the edit pane and choose Magnet on the popup menu. The shortcut of the keyboard is Ctrl+B.

As shown in the following figure, choose the two control points of red area.

Right-click the edit pane and choose Magnet on the popup menu. The shortcut of the keyboard is Ctrl+B.

As shown in the following figure, choose the two control points of red area.

Right-click the edit pane and choose Magnet on the popup menu. The shortcut of the keyboard is Ctrl+B.

As shown in the following figure, choose the two control points of red area.

Right-click the edit pane and choose Magnet on the popup menu. The shortcut of the keyboard is Ctrl+B.

As shown in the following figure, choose the two control points of red area.

Right-click the edit pane and choose Magnet on the popup menu. The shortcut of the keyboard is Ctrl+B.

As shown in the following figure, choose the two control points of red area.

Right-click the edit pane and choose Magnet on the popup menu. The shortcut of the keyboard is Ctrl+B.

As shown in the following figure, choose the two control points of red area.

Right-click the edit pane and choose Magnet on the popup menu. The shortcut of the keyboard is Ctrl+B.

As shown in the following figure, choose the three control points of red area.

Right-click the edit pane and choose Magnet on the popup menu. The shortcut of the keyboard is Ctrl+B.

The preview pane is displayed as shown in the following figure.

Let's copy the upper half to the bottom half.

You find that the mirror face consists of the axis lines of green and red from the preview pane. As for the number of the texture grid of the preview pane, you show that 00-G7 is the copy source.

Choose Mirror 08-GG From 00-G7 on the Edit menu.

Click the XY button of the Mirror dialog.

Let's upload a sculpt-map file to the in-world.

Let's check Setup before saving. Choose Setup on the File menu.

Set TGA Save Size as 64x64 in the displayed dialog. And let's check the following items. -Copy Protection by transparent When the prim is modified, you can make it transparent to prevent the texture from being copied by screen capture. -Auto Maximize The object saved when you save your sculpt map file is maximized automatically. If you check Auto Rename, overwrite of a sculpt-map file is prevented.

Let's save your sculpt map file in TGA File form.

Choose Save on the File menu.

Choose TGA File of Save Dialog and save your file.

Let's upload a sculpt-map file to the in-world.

When you upload a sculpt-map file, be sure to choose Upload Image. It costs 10L$ to upload one Sculpt-Map file.

Choose Upload - Image (L$10) on the Build menu.

Specify “Preview image as” as Sculpted Prim. And check it by the preview. Check Use lossless compression. And click Upload Button. Yellow area is displayed because Stitching Type of the preview is Sphere.

Build the objelct. And click the Object tab and set Building Block Type to Sculpted.